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My experience with Best Buy was extremely frustrating and disappointing, especially for an order that was advertised as being available for one-hour pickup. I placed my order on September 23 and completed the entire checkout process, including providing all of the requested information and making the payment. During the order process, I also designated another person as the authorized pickup person because they were supposed to pick up the item on my behalf. What should have been a quick and convenient one-hour pickup turned into an unnecessarily complicated process involving multiple verification steps. Instead of simply processing the order and allowing my authorized pickup person to collect it, the order continued to be delayed because of additional verification requirements. By the following day, September 24, the order still had not been completed or made available for pickup. At that point, the entire purpose of choosing “one-hour pickup” was completely defeated. I understand the need for security and fraud-prevention measures, especially when someone other than the purchaser is picking up an order. However, if Best Buy allows customers to designate an authorized pickup person during checkout, the process should actually work smoothly. Customers should not have to go through one verification step after another after the purchase has already been submitted and paid for. The most frustrating part was the lack of efficiency and clarity. If additional verification was going to be required, that should have been clearly communicated from the beginning. Instead, I placed the order expecting a simple one-hour pickup and ended up dealing with an extended, inconvenient process that carried over into the next day. For a company as large as Best Buy, I expected a much more streamlined system. A service advertised as “one-hour pickup” should not turn into a day-long or multi-day verification process, particularly when the customer has already provided the requested information and identified the authorized pickup person. Overall, this experience was a complete hassle and far more complicated than it needed to be. What was supposed to save time ended up wasting significantly more of it. Very disappointing experience, and based on this transaction, I would not rely on Best Buy’s one-hour pickup service again.

Static customer service! Of the upmost care for their customers and already having an idea of what to do when issues arise!

Today's visit was for a new router, already had 2 brands in mind but wanted to compare other brands and look around. Staff member helped direct me to the area of routers. Nice selection in stocks to choose from, and I purchased the tp-link deco wifi 7.

9/16/26 We came in this evening was greeted by Robert M (the new guy lol) he was all smile So kind when we needed help with some information robber and Charlie was able to get a young man named Casper Now let me tell you Casper knows… his tv”s and all the info about the tvs Between the 3 works not only did we learn some new information but we were able to get in some good laughs Much appreciated Thank you Best Buy for having good kind employees